Past Simple Passive

Past Simple Passive.

Упражнение 1. Fill in the verb in the Past Active or Passive Voice.

1.      The Cape of Good Hope ... (discovered / was discovered) by Bartolomeo Dias.

2.     The clown ... (entertained / was entertained) the public.

3.     We ... (arrived/ were arrived) at the camp in time.

4.     Many experiments ... (did/ were done) under water.

5.     Many people ... (invited / were invited) to the festival.

6.     They ... (discussed / were discussed) many exciting things.

7.     I ... (learnt / was learnt) many interesting things in this unit.

8.     What artist ... (painted / was painted) this picture?

Упражнение 2. Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple Passive. Guess the famous object.

This old building is in one of the countries of Europe. It’s not a natural object. It 1_______ (to make) by man a long time ago. Now it 2____________ (to see) as a tourist attraction. It’s a famous old building. It 3__________ (not to build) by the Romans. Galileo, the famous scientist, dropped heavy objects from this building to make his experiments. The upper floor 4 ___________ (to complete) in 1319. It  5_________ (to build) by Tommaso Pisano. The largest bell of the building 6 ____________ (to install) in 1655. The bell-chamber 7___________ (to add) in 1372.

Упражнение 3. Write down the historical facts. Use the dates from the box. Follow the example.

1067, 1870, 1607, 776 BC, 860, 1703, 1850

Example: Minsk (to found) — Minsk was founded in 1067.

1.      Minsk (to found).

2.     Ancient Troy (to find) by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann.

3.     The first English settlement (to found) in Virginia.

4.     The first Olympic Games (to hold) in Greece.

5.     Swedish Vikings (to invite) to rule Russia.

6.     St. Petersburg (to found) by Peter the Great.

7.     The first jeans (to make) by Oscar Levi Strauss

Упражнение 4. Write sentences. Use the past simple passive.

my laptop / steal / last week.

the men / arrest / by the police

the painting / sell / for £500

the goal / score / by Raul

these cars / make / by robots

Past Simple Passive Voice. Exercises Level Intermediate.

Упражнение 5. Write the sentences in the Passive Voice.

Example:

 Olga sent me a postcard. (2)

— I was sent a postcard.

— A postcard was sent to me by Olga.

1.      I told him you were here.

2.     A boy showed me the way. (2)

3.     The waves carried the boat away.

4.     The Great Fire of London burnt many houses.

5.     The teachers told us something interesting.(2)

6.     Every morning I gave milk to my cat. (2)

7.     They sent us to clean the yard.

8.     They advised him to be more patient.

Упражнение 6. Rewrite the sentences in the passive form if possible. Use the example.

Example:

The Celts settled in Wales in 500 BC.

Wales was settled by the Celts in 500 .

1.      The Celts settled in Wales in 500 BC.

2.     The ancient Greeks built the Acropolis.

3.     A group of archaeologists found a dinosaur’s skeleton.

4.     I visited Rome in 2002.

5.     The aboriginals of Hawaii killed James Cook in 1779.

6.     Ford made his first car in 1896.

7.     Lewis Carroll wrote “Alice in Wonderland” in 1865.

Упражнение 7. Change the active sentences into passive sentences.

1.      They played the match in the evening.

2.     They calculated the answers very quickly.

3.     They filmed the movie in black and white.

4.     They sent the e-mail yesterday.

5.     They built our house ten years ago.

6.     Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

7.     The shopkeeper opened the shop at nine o'clock.